By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many holiday-season train shows were canceled or limited to fewer visitors last year because of the pandemic. But this year the popular attractions are back — with health precautions — at botanical gardens, conservatories and elsewhere around the country. The shows feature a combination of model
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Ahead of President Joe Biden’s virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, two dozen business groups are calling on the Biden administration to work toward removing tariffs on China to help ease historic inflation. In a letter to Biden officials sent on Friday, the business groups warned tariffs on China
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Russia to be more transparent about its military activities near Ukraine. But he stopped short of suggesting that Moscow might be preparing to invade its former Soviet neighbor. Ukraine claims that Russia kept tens of thousands of troops and equipment near
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN VICKERS Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Families had a smashing good time disposing of leftover Halloween pumpkins at a local farm farm Sunday morning. Urbavore Urban Farm invited visitors to bring their old jack-o-lanterns to annihilate with baseball bats and hammers, crushing them into bits
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has appeared before a judge to face federal contempt charges for defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon appeared briefly before a federal magistrate judge in Washington on Monday, hours
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Pauline Lockwood, Bex Wright and Cape Diamond, CNN American journalist Danny Fenster has been freed from prison in Myanmar, according to a Myanmar military official and former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who had been on a private humanitarian visit to the country. Fenster’s release comes just days after the former managing
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Nearly 300 people trapped overnight in their vehicles following mudslides on a highway in British Columbia are being flown by helicopters to safety while authorities try to determine if anyone may have been swept up in the flow of debris set off by torrential rain. A yellow Cormorant chopper dropped
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Casper Sleep, the trendy mattress-in-a-box company, is being taken private barely two years after its splashy public debut. The company announced Monday that private equity firm Durational Capital Management is buying Casper at $6.90 per share — a 94% premium on Friday’s closing price of $3.55 per share. The stock
Continue ReadingCNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN Steve Bannon, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, turned himself in to the FBI Monday morning to self-surrender after being indicted on criminal contempt charges on Friday. Bannon was defiant when addressing TV cameras, saying, “We’re taking down the Biden regime.” Bannon, 67, was charged last week with
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Históricamente, en el fútbol hay jugadores que por una doble nacionalidad han tenido la opción de escoger qué país representar, y un selecto grupo ha podido jugar con más de una selección absoluta. Podemos recordar los precedentes de los jugadores de la antigua Unión Soviética, donde hubo futbolistas que
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN As far as the Swifties are concerned, their long held theory has been confirmed. It has long been believed that Taylor Swift’s song “All Too Well” is about her long ago relationship with actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Swift released a short film version tied to the song on Friday off her
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El pronóstico para este invierno en EE.UU. no parece esperanzador: es probable que el covid-19 no se vaya para las festividades de fin de año. En el mejor de los escenarios, los casos se estabilizan para Estados Unidos en su conjunto y aumentan en aproximadamente la mitad de los estados.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Morrow, CNN Nihat Aram stands at the door of Turan Erkek Kuaförü, where he’s worked for 20 years, waiting for his next customer. In the barbershop behind him, down a few stairs, square black chairs are positioned in front of an immaculately clean white counter, inset with individual washbasins for each customer. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Kay Jones and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Southwest Airlines employee was taken to a Dallas hospital Saturday after being assaulted by a passenger at Love Field Airport, according to the airline and the Dallas Police Department. The female passenger “verbally and physically” assaulted the female operations agent shortly after being asked to get
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN “Sesame Street” is getting a new best friend. Ji-Young, a 7-year-old Korean American character, will be a part of “See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special.” The show, set to air on Thanksgiving, celebrates “the rich diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities as part of the organization’s
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Qualifying for the World Cup hasn’t been as easy as usual for Spain. “La Roja” will be playing at the tournament for the 12th straight time but the team needed to overcome some bumps in the road to get to Qatar. Spain’s qualification for the 2022
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The e-commerce mattress maker Casper is being acquired and taken private for about $308 million. Shares of Casper Sleep Inc. spiked 88.5% to close Monday at $6.69. Durational Capital Management will pay $6.90 per share for Casper’s stock. The New York City company went public in February 2020 and it’s had a
Continue ReadingBy VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — With nearly 76% of the ballots counted, a new centrist party appears to be the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election. The country’s central electoral commission said Monday that results showed the anti-corruption We Continue the Change party, founded few weeks ago by two Harvard graduates, captured
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns cornerback Troy Hill has been released from a Boston-area hospital after being treated for a neck sprain suffered in Sunday’s 45-7 loss to the New England Patriots. A team spokesman says Hill is traveling back to Cleveland on Monday following the scary moment in
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas. The former El Paso congressman announced his decision Monday. It’s O’Rourke’s third run for office in as many election cycles after a narrow loss for U.S. Senate in 2018 and a short-lived presidential run in 2020.
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